mannan

mannan [man-an, -uh n] ExamplesWord Origin noun Biochemistry.

1. any of a group of polysaccharides, found in the ivory nut, carob bean, and the like, that yield mannose upon hydrolysis.

Origin of mannan First recorded in 1890–95; mann(ose) + -an Examples from the Web for mannan Historical Examples of mannan

Mannan bears the same relation to mannose that starch does to glucose and inulin to fructose.

The Chemistry of Plant Life

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